Public Alliance "Azerbaijan without political prisoners" called on the President Ilham Aliyev to release from detention deputy chairman of Musavat Party Tofig Yagublu. The appeal noted that Yagublu was arrested on trumped-up charges, he is a veteran of the Karabakh war and philanthropist who contributed to the formation of the country's independence, as well as a man, who has lost his daughter.
Taking it into account, the Alliance called for the head of state to release Yagublu from further imprisonment.
Tofig Yagublu was convicted on March 17, 2014 for five years in prison on charges of organizing riots in Ismayilli on 23-24 January 2013.
However, the court failed to prove his guilt. Yagublu recognized as a prisoner of conscience by the international human rights organization Amnesty International. On April 24, he was released for seven days to attend the funeral of his 25-year-old daughter Nargis who died of illness.-0-
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Today, the trial of the disabled 1st group, paralyzed activist Famil Khalilov ended in the Baku Court of Serious Crimes.
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On February 6, pro-government media reported 6 that Azerbaijan is demanding the closure of the “Rossotrudnichestvo” representation in the country, as this organization is not registered in Azerbaijan. Requests from Turan agency to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan to confirm this information went unanswered.
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The international organization "Women Press Freedom" condemned the arrest of journalist Shahnaz Beylergizi in Azerbaijan. A statement of the organization noted that this is the latest in a series of troubling state attacks on independent media in Azerbaijan. On the same day, another journalist, Shamshad Aga, was detained.
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Shamshad Aga, editor of the "Argument.az" website, has been found guilty in the Meydan TV case of smuggling (Article 206.3.2 of the Criminal Code) and sentenced to two months and one day in detention. The decision was made on February 6 by the Khatai District Court of Baku, as reported by Turan, citing his lawyer, Shahla Humbatova.
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